Sports

National Cycling Coach, Hassan Mohamed yesterday said that there will be a ‘big shock’ in the coming weeks between himself and the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF).

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg abruptly reversed course and canceled today’s marathon, a beloved annual race that had become a lightning rod for people frustrated by the disastrous aftermath of megastorm Sandy.

After an exhilarating final day of competition athletes and fans were disappointed when officials announced that the 2012 Inter Services Annual Athletic Championship had ended in a tie between the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

-Moore stuns Myles to become fastest service woman Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Olympian Winston George must have felt that he was still at the London Olympic Games as he raced around the quarter-mile and recorded one of the fastest times on local soil at the Inter-Service Annual Athletics Championships (ISAAC) yesterday.

Guyana Defence Force (GDF) lance corporal Rupert Perry made the capacity crowd at the 2012 Inter Services Annual Athletic Championships (ISAAC) at the GDF ground Ayangana witnesses to one of the greatest sprinting displays on local soil.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – South Africa made a strong start to their tour of Australia yesterday, with Dale Steyn getting among the wickets early on, but their attack stalled later on the opening day against Australia A at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association’s (GFSCA) second International softball three-day

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Noble House Seafood second division two-day competition continues today with two matches in Zone A and one key Zone B fixture.

Expectations are high that the local volleyball team can defeat their Surinamese rivals when the first leg of the Goodwill Games starts on home turf today at the National Gymnasium.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade joined the chorus of people criticizing why some sports events were taking place in New York following the devastation caused by superstorm Sandy.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin plans to introduce new legislation in Russia to fight corruption and match-fixing in sport that could send offenders to jail for up to seven years.

All systems are in place for two enthralling days of golf at the premier 2012 XM Rums sponsored Guyana Open Golf tournament which tees off today at the Lusignan Golf Club on the East Coast of Demerara.

The first leg of the 2012 Inter Guiana Games between Suriname and Guyana Will get underway this morning following an opening ceremony at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC- West Indies middle order batsman Darren Bravo has lost his Indian Premier League (IPL) contract with the Hyderabad franchise, the Trinidad Guardian reported  yesterday.

The law firm of Forde, Amsterdam and Lewis along with Body Central Boutique are the latest sponsors to support the Banks Beer end-of-year knock out competition.

Senior player Frankie Farley defeated Maria Thomas on Thursday in the  Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) Uniparts-sponsored Chess Qualifiers to be among the leaders at the end of the fifth round which ended at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club.

KARACHI, (Reuter) – Former Pakistan captains Younus Khan and Shahid Afridi were among four senior national cricketers being chased by the country’s financial authority for unpaid taxes totaling 80 million rupees ($836,200).

A hectic weekend is in store for basketball clubs in Linden this weekend as teams participating in the BOSAI Minerals Group (Guyana) Inc.

The Courts-sponsored Pee Wee School Championships will continue today with the final eight preliminary round matches at the Banks DIH Limited, Thirst Park ground.

Managing Director of Cell Phone Shack, Christopher Low Koan, has once again come to the assistance of the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation towards the staging of its annual Christmas Extravaganza football tournament.